Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Writing Compound-Complex Sentences, and Pitfalls

Compound-Complex

After Ponyboy got out of the church, he heard a scream, and  the church fell right on Johnny.

Because Ponyboy was smoking, the church caught on fire, and some children got caught in the fire.

After all the kids got out, Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally were in the newspaper, and they became heroes.



Problems here:

The Church was burning, They realized the could Save the Kids, The went to Get Them.

There was a fire in the church, Ponyboy and Johnny saved the kids in the church, they were brought to the hospital.